Pup Or Dog?

[jusar whippets 10]

best off buying a pup so can train it how you want it to be it might take time but it could be woth it at the end and if you buy an older dog you want 1 that you have seen run because people dont sell good dogs these days cos there hard to find atb great white

 

 

Usually i would say pup, but i managed to get a 23 month old beddy x whippet and he is 100% on the button. Apart from being hard mouthed (which i was told when i went to see him run) he is all there. So you can if your lucky, and under the right circumstances find a decent older dog. Sometimes there are circumstances when someone needs to part with their dog, maybe cash, or personal reasons etc... which is a sad part of life. But i can also see that there are other reasons not to buy an older dog such as getting bad habits etc..

 

In my opinion, if you are offered a dog, go and see it work, and ask the chap/lady if you could take it into the field yourself with the owner 20 or so foot behind you. This way you can get an idea of what the dog will be like. If it is a true worker, it won't really care that it's not with it's owner for that short period.

 

By the way, my beddy x didn't catch anything on the night i went to see him run as he hadn't long been wormed and was a bit unfit. But i could see that he knew what the crack was and i could tell he was switched on and has a brain.

 

Now he has some roadwork behind him and got back into shape, the first night we went out, he got 6 rabbits in 7 runs and we called it a night. He is also the most laid back dog i have ever had, he sits, retrieves to hand (although the rabbit is smashed, which i knew about when i was told), he is awesome in the car and doesn't puke everywhere. He also gets on well with the other dogs and doesn't yelp or bark his knackers off most of the night.

 

He will lie on the sofa all curled up like a house pet (he is used to being in an outside kennel, but mine are now fully populated) so he is in the house for the time being. As soon as i put my boots by the door, he is up like a rocket and sitting at the door.

 

No lead on him all the way up to the car and he jumps straight in the back., He sits in the car when the doors open at the permission, and only comes out when he is told to.

 

As soon as the lamp goes on, his head is like a scanning radar, and when he spots one, he slips like a dream and will even clear a 6ft fence to get into the field.

 

I just couldn't have asked for a better dog to be truthful. So yes you can be lucky, but i would class myself as being extremely lucky this time.

 

Good luck though and as has been said in the thread, take your time as you are buying a living breathing animal to be with you for the next 8-12 years, one who will pop it's heart for you, and be most of all a dear friend (and that is worth putting the time in for) as mates and women will pass, but your dog is your best mate no matter what.

[craigos1234 17]

best off buying a pup so can train it how you want it to be it might take time but it could be woth it at the end and if you buy an older dog you want 1 that you have seen run because people dont sell good dogs these days cos there hard to find atb great white

 

 

Usually i would say pup, but i managed to get a 23 month old beddy x whippet and he is 100% on the button. Apart from being hard mouthed (which i was told when i went to see him run) he is all there. So you can if your lucky, and under the right circumstances find a decent older dog. Sometimes there are circumstances when someone needs to part with their dog, maybe cash, or personal reasons etc... which is a sad part of life. But i can also see that there are other reasons not to buy an older dog such as getting bad habits etc..

 

In my opinion, if you are offered a dog, go and see it work, and ask the chap/lady if you could take it into the field yourself with the owner 20 or so foot behind you. This way you can get an idea of what the dog will be like. If it is a true worker, it won't really care that it's not with it's owner for that short period.

 

By the way, my beddy x didn't catch anything on the night i went to see him run as he hadn't long been wormed and was a bit unfit. But i could see that he knew what the crack was and i could tell he was switched on and has a brain.

 

Now he has some roadwork behind him and got back into shape, the first night we went out, he got 6 rabbits in 7 runs and we called it a night. He is also the most laid back dog i have ever had, he sits, retrieves to hand (although the rabbit is smashed, which i knew about when i was told), he is awesome in the car and doesn't puke everywhere. He also gets on well with the other dogs and doesn't yelp or bark his knackers off most of the night.

 

He will lie on the sofa all curled up like a house pet (he is used to being in an outside kennel, but mine are now fully populated) so he is in the house for the time being. As soon as i put my boots by the door, he is up like a rocket and sitting at the door.

 

No lead on him all the way up to the car and he jumps straight in the back., He sits in the car when the doors open at the permission, and only comes out when he is told to.

 

As soon as the lamp goes on, his head is like a scanning radar, and when he spots one, he slips like a dream and will even clear a 6ft fence to get into the field.

 

I just couldn't have asked for a better dog to be truthful. So yes you can be lucky, but i would class myself as being extremely lucky this time.

 

Good luck though and as has been said in the thread, take your time as you are buying a living breathing animal to be with you for the next 8-12 years, one who will pop it's heart for you, and be most of all a dear friend (and that is worth putting the time in for) as mates and women will pass, but your dog is your best mate no matter what.

 

cheers all taken on board

[migmog 1]

Pup mate at least you know what you got. Theres nothing to bringing a pup on apart from getting it right with sheep, people on here will make it sound so complicated but this isnt the case at all. All you need to know right now is what your going to use it for when its older. If you just want a rabbiting dog beddy whippets are very popular, if you want an all rounder look at somthing that will make a decent size 23"+. Dont go getting out of your league by getting a bull x for your first dog like a lot of young lads do you might find it dosnt meet all your needs when its older im speaking from "personal preference" there aswell !! Good luck anyway mate and let us know how you get on

[craigos1234 17]

Pup mate at least you know what you got. Theres nothing to bringing a pup on apart from getting it right with sheep, people on here will make it sound so complicated but this isnt the case at all. All you need to know right now is what your going to use it for when its older. If you just want a rabbiting dog beddy whippets are very popular, if you want an all rounder look at somthing that will make a decent size 23"+. Dont go getting out of your league by getting a bull x for your first dog like a lot of young lads do you might find it dosnt meet all your needs when its older im speaking from "personal preference" there aswell !! Good luck anyway mate and let us know how you get on

 

yeaa il keep you updated

cheers